Wells Fargo Business Banking team member volunteers continue teaching Carter High School Collegiate Academy students about business strategy
This is the third session team member volunteers from Wells Fargo impart, as part of their support for Dallas ISD and Carter High School’s Pathways to Technology and Early College High Schools (PTECH) program
DALLAS, May 2, 2018 – Wells Fargo & Company announced today that Business Banking team member volunteers hosted a workshop at Carter High School Collegiate Academy as part of their support for the Dallas ISD and Carter HS Pathways to Technology and Early College High School (PTECH) program.
The PTECH program known as the Collegiate Academy is a public private initiative designed to serve incoming ninth-grade students who have the determination to attend college, are first-generation college students, and have been historically underrepresented in higher education.
The ultimate goal of this initiative is to help incoming freshmen to attain a high school diploma and Associates degree simultaneously, and for free.
Today, over 75 students learned about the role of banks and chambers of commerce in helping small businesses to grow and thrive. The workshop presented by Wells Fargo volunteers consisted of an interactive panel moderated by District Manager for Wells Fargo in Dallas, Mark Cooks. Panelist included, Marnese Elder, president of the Dallas Black Chamber of Commerce;
Versie Logan, representative from Logan’s Photography; Stacy McGee, Chick-fil-A franchisee;
Terrance Washington, Wells Fargo Business Banking relationship manager and Chad Kolar, Wells Fargo Business Banking manager.
“This is a great opportunity for Wells Fargo to serve bright, motivated students from the most disadvantaged households in Dallas with the hopes that this learning experience will propel them to consider a career in the financial sector,” said Dora Ramirez, vice president of community development. “At Wells Fargo, we focus our philanthropic activities on creating long-term, strategic relationships with nonprofits and other organizations to create innovative, sustainable solutions to meet local needs. We couldn’t be prouder to be making an impact right here in Dallas by contributing to this program.”
Under the PTECH model, each academy has one or more industry partners in charge of creating career pathways to help students learn skills they need to become employed in that particular industry. As a corporate partner in this innovative and ambitious initiative, Wells Fargo has been working directly with Carter HS students to create a pipeline of talent that will learn about banking and financial services careers, receive mentoring, financial education and additional career and job readiness support.
Overall, today’s session helped students learn from successful entrepreneurs that are leaders in their industry, while highlighting the importance of having a business plan to secure business financing, how higher education can helped them achieve their goals of being an entrepreneur, and lastly, how they can partner with local chambers of commerce to succeed.
About Wells Fargo
Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC) is a diversified, community-based financial services company with $1.9 trillion in assets. Wells Fargo’s vision is to satisfy our customers’ financial needs and help them succeed financially. Founded in 1852 and headquartered in San Francisco, Wells Fargo provides banking, investments, mortgage, and consumer and commercial finance through 8,200 locations, 13,000 ATMs, the internet (wellsfargo.com) and mobile banking, and has offices in 42 countries and territories to support customers who conduct business in the global economy. With approximately 265,000 team members, Wells Fargo serves one in three households in the United States. Wells Fargo & Company was ranked No. 25 on Fortune’s 2017 rankings of America’s largest corporations. News, insights and perspectives from Wells Fargo are also available at Wells Fargo Stories.
